=ll==Ml==M= the Nitator. A. 1r: lIAILNEOc Ittkrron: TITEiDLY, JitthAßY 21, 1878. Anittar * Tao : don. Jost Friday, made a very strong sbee:ch - in - favot: oe amending the Chnstitution As :to enable'tke Ivor?'" to elect the Presiddit* a cilieet • ote:- The House Post •Q' e , .Committqe, let' F riday, unanimously _ autl oriied the' Chsir l man to prepare a bill to reduce letter post age to ty,o cet49, This - is a move . in the right dtrection. Let us have this; together with anc•entire abolition of the franking Last itO6lt the- Senate passed 'the bill in ! cre'sing,t-lie"Governor's salary, after amend ing it grab to make it $lO,OOO per annum,, and theiffnuse concurred iii the - amendmeitt and paili n ed the bill the same day. Wv are glad to vote .that bc!th the representatives Iron) thiS district voted in favorof this bill gives the Eitecutive of this great Corrittoilislth a fair coMpenSation. ME noWe httve received an argument for the di v.lsioo ofAuS lourity in the ,Shape of a yd• low bantibill:which is without imprint or Signature': It" seas , printed -at the office of the Elmlia'Adrerliser, and no, doubt was the trispirinicalise of a decePtlve ParigraPh in the locaLoalurans of that paper last Friday. It is not-Surprising that nobody cared to fatherlhe v jaundiced bantling, for its false ' statemenis,_its sophistry, its limping logic, and its bid grammar Would do diScredit to I any brigltt" twelVe-yeavold school boy. We have smallspate to devote to it this week - , but - may refer to it hereafter. The standing committees of both houses of the• Legislature wets 'announced last lathe Senate, Mr Strang is Chair man of theeommitteeod Constitutional-Refa* eza tnember of those op Congress ional,Apportionment, Financi, Canals and l.nittud Navigation, Election - Districts, and 'New - Coinfles' yud County Seats. Repre sentativelfitAell, in the Rouse, holds the ehaitmanship.of. tare Ways and Means, and is also on the committees on Judiciary Gen:" eral,ludiciary Local, Counties and Town and.gdatts and Escheats..olf the hi cal IntereStif - of Tioga cOunty are not Well attended to, it will not be becaUse her - rep! resentativo are not in favorable positions to look after them.. The uniform statement of decrease of the public debt with which the country has been cheered for the past forty-five months has 'et last been varied by an entry on 'the other side,Of the -ledger showing an increase 'timing the month of December of $1,684,- 807 80. Tilts is explained by the fact that the receiptS for December were tke smallest Of any month for years, while the payments on account of The any and navy were unu sually large. ,By the reduction of taxation, ,which lannOw being felt to a considerable degree both' in 'the tariff and the internal revenue receipts, the surplus income of the Goverzvent will soon be reduced to about '..fifty- millions per annum, which is the Amount Congress designed should be set apart for the extinction of the debt. Diviaioa and Taxation. We spoke last week of the effect the divi. sion of the county would have in increas ing tesation, referring more particularly to that portion of territory which it is pro. posed to set off oh the west. It is evident to any person who will reflect a moment that the burden of taxation • will be much increased in thoie townships if they are formed into. a new county. Even if the public buildings should be Erected at pri vate.expense, the people would find that the aggregate of their county expenses would be vastly - eider than the sum they are now called upon.to contribute to the treasury of the present county. - • Bat; this hratich of the subject, we ntlrlicrattoday tO Consider the effect the proposed division would have upon the tax ationtf thet part of tJe old county which would_ be left after th creation of the new one.. .The present proposition of the Behan.' era is--to divide the county on a north and south hied tanning just east of Shippen towns p. -That line would cut off Brook field, Westfield; Clymer, Gaines; Elk, about two-thirdi 4..Deerfteld; including Knox tFo-thirde of Chatham, all of Shippen, part. of Dekaar, 'and about one-third of Morris. ' The territOry thus proposed to bp, given away- to the new county comprises 8811- square zulieS e cr 2/9,0 1 00 SenaA of /and. c cordingto the moat careful estimate, It con tains ,a Of about 8,160. The seated tax of this territory west of the pro. posed dividbrs line, 1870, was a little over sB,oooi the 'unseated land tax, the same year, Was $9;1159 98. In 1871, the unseated 10dtax of that territory , was $2,184 95. 'will be seen, the entire tax derived from the territory-of the projected new county, in 1870, was over $B,OOO. • The'entire tax of the county as now con , - diluted la. ikbOut $40,000 per year. Of this tax about $ . 915,000 go to pay the current ex penses of the county, such as- court even ses, \ the payment of jurors and witnesses, and the maintenance of county bridges— this last item 'absorbing qrdte a large amount each year The' remainder of the annual tax, about $15,00 0 , is applied to the payment of the interest and the reductiOn of the princi parof the War - debt Of the county. - From these figures it is, very easy to esti mate the effect of the proposed OlYbdon•— If carried out4t Will cut off about one.tbird of the territory of the county; it will reduce the mulation nearly.oae-fifth; and it will turn away from the county treasury about one-fifth of its revenue. But while the re. *flees of the county are thus reduced, its expenses will be but slightly, if at all, di- rainished. The _cost of the courts will be ti about the same es before the division. The maintenance' of the public buildings. wil requtre just as much outlay es now. Nearly . • all the expensive bridges will still bo in the eld county, and it will cost no less to keep them up than it does at present. So that the result of the division will be an increase of taxation by, about twenty per cent. In other words, every matt who now , pays five dollars tax will, If the county should be di.; vided, be :called upon to pay six: On this basis, every taxpayer in the county can fig ure out, at his leisure, just :what the ,divi slott will cost him. I But he must remember that,this increase of i . taxation - will not be for ono year only ; nor even for a term of years, but d uring his whole life, and for all the fu ture the property he may hold and transmit, to his heirs will be burdened with - this addl. bona' tax imposed to enhance the wealth of .9tte large landowner and benefit a few hold ers.of viliage lots near. the New York line. All this increasedtaxe.tion will necessarily result from the mere' division of the county _on the west. lint if that division is accom panied by the cutting 'Off of several town ships on aontheast corner for the benefit of Mr,; Peter ,Herdles Bumpier .Hote/, the resources of the county lOU be still farther dizzitubbed szul, tirtt of PesMild tale Lion correspondingly increased, And if, to crown this work of folly; the county'Sent should. be removed and uewsounty build ings erected, the additional taxeso be im posed on the people of the old county's enld undoubtedly be gristly swollen for years.to come.. But these three schemes are all linked together: the projectOr Of each of them hopes for success only by enlisting the selfish interest and influence of the prome terslof the others. There is a triple alli ance to effect the dismemberment of the county e.nd. increase the public burdens of every taxpayer within, its borders. The schemers have plenty of money and an un- limited amount of cheek at command; but they can be defeated by the substantial vo ters yho,haven vital interest in preserving intact the territory and resources of the county--who havQ much to lose and noth ing to gain bydisititegration. What Mansfield Thinks About It Pursuant to'public notice, the citizens -of Mansfield assembled on the evening of Jan. 16, 1873, to take into consideration the pro posed division of 'flogs county and the re moval of the county seat. The meetifig or ganized by electing A. M. Spencer Presi dent, P. M. Clark and X. A. Elliott Vice Presidents, and J. S. Murdaugh and Andrew Sherwood Secretaries. After some remarks by different gentle men upon the subject under consideration, a committee was appointed to draft resolu g flans expres,sing the - sense. of the meeting.— The following resolutions were reported, and unanimously, adopted: • " R,eiolred, That we are opposed to any division of this county. " Iksoired That we will unite with the people the' Wellsboro their efforts to de. feat the proposed division of this county and to retain the county seat at Wellsboro. "Resolved, That we are in favor of a law Constituting Mansfield a half-shire town. " Readre, That our petition asking for the passage of -the said law shall accompany the remenstrantb against the divbion of the County. - J. S. ISIIIRDMIGEE, "J. 3f. ROSE, • " A. J. WEBSTER, " Qom. on Rodutions." The following committees were then ap ifolifted.: To circulate petitions and) :eon st*turceti-4erotne Cudwith, E. 'il'. Phelps, john Rohn, John'Holden, and J. Madison ROW.; to take ,cliarge of vetitions and re monstrances when they shr,ll have been cir culated, and to confer with the eitiz6a of .Wellsboro-3. W. Adams, W. G. Lutz, and P. M. Cie*: The meeting then adjourned. The meeting was well attended, the audi encel) being mainly made up of voters, and, as will be noticed from the list of officers and committeemen, the leading citizens and most active business wen of the place shaped its action. The most harmonious - spirit prevailed, and the feeling against cut ting up the county and removing the county seat to Tioga was a ,i , ong and unanimous.— It may be safely concluded that the people of Mansfield are, as their first resolulton ex presses it, opposed to any envision of the county. Common Sense from Tioga. An old and respected citi*n of the county and a citizen of